| # | Canada Airdate | US Airdate | Title | Featured Song | Titular song | Episode Info |
| 01 - 101 | September 15, 2004 | July 1, 2005 | "Even Better Than The Real Thing" | 24 Hours | by U2 | Jude Harrison enters G Major's singer/songwriter contest called Instant Star. She was so nervous, but then she ends up winning the contest. From this point on, her life is no longer "normal." Her sister is extremely jealous of her and her friends don't know how to act around her. She discovers that her producer is Little Tommy Q from Boyz Attack, and that he is very hot. With a hot new producer and record execs expecting a hit from her, will Jude be able to survive in this new world? |
| 02 - 102 | September 15, 2004 | July 1, 2005 | "Come As You Are" | Let Me Fall | by Nirvana | Jude loses the cover of a magazine by Darius, a famous hip hop producer, to Eden a.k.a. the beach blonde she-devil who she beat in the Instant Star competition. Now she and Tommy must go to Darius' party to impress him and prove to him that Jude belongs on the cover of his magazine, not Eden. Eden insults Jude and Sadie sticks up for Jude and fights Eden, resulting in the three girls falling the pool. After all that mishap, it seems likely that Jude lost the cover, but an unlikely person sees something in her and it ultimately saves the day. |
| 03 - 103 | January 30, 2005 | July 8, 2005 | "Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind" | I'm In Love With My Guitar | "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
lyrics | Jude's publicist arranges for her to perform her first single in front of the entire school. Jude is very excited, and lets herself get caught up in all the attention. But she must face two obstacles: some of her classmates are planning an anti-Jude walkout and her best friend Jamie hates her song. Will she be able to pull this concert off? |
| 04 - 104 | February 6, 2005 | July 15, 2005 | "Hey Sister" | Could Be You | by D.O.A. | When Jude plays her new song for the radio and gets some very bad reactions, Tommy threatens to quit. Jude doesn't want that to happen, so she insists that they work on a new hit single alone at her parent's country house. Tommy reluctantly agrees, and so Jude and Tommy find themselves connecting over more than just the music. Things are going well, until Jude's hot older sister Sadie shows up and starts flirting with Tommy, leading to a disastrous fight over Tommy |
| 05 - 105 | February 13, 2005 | July 22, 2005 | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | Waste My Time | by The Rolling Stones | Just when Jude is feeling comfortable at G Major and with Tommy, her world turns upside down when she learns that Tommy has to produce a single for Shay, as in S TO THE H TO THE A TO THE Y, the nephew of the famous hip hop producer Darius. After Jude gets downright honest and blunt with Shay, she is forced to apologize. But then Shay serenades her at his concert. Would she really fall for a rapper? Would she? |
| 06 - 106 | February 20, 2005 | July 29, 2005 | "Kiss Me Deadly" | Waste My Time | by Lita Ford | Jude's first video, her duet with Shay, will feature one thing that Jude isn't very good at: dancing. They then decide to change the theme of the video, and the end of the video is supposed to feature a hot kiss between Jude and Shay. This is Jude's first real kiss which is why she is more nervous about it, and she hasn't had a lot of good experiences with kisses. The one problem is that Shay doesn't want to be her boyfriend, so how is Jude going to kiss Shay on camera when he basically dumped her? |
| 07 - 107 | March 6, 2005 | August 5, 2005 | "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" | Your Eyes | by the Ramones | Now that Shay and Jude are an official couple, Jude wants to share him with the rest of the world. So she invites him to the school dance and to have dinner with her family. But things take and awkward twist when Tommy shows up to prove to Jude that Shay is not the guy she thinks he is. Sadie invites him to join them for dinner, Tommy mentions the 3 month world tour that Shay has, and now Jude is having some doubts. What's the #1 rule on the road? And is Shay willing to stick to that, or will he stay true to Jude? |
| 08 - 108 | March 13, 2005 | August 12, 2005 | "Unsweet Sixteen" | Time To Be Your 21 | by Wakefield | It's Jude's 16th birthday and G Major is planning the birthday party of a lifetime. Jude is so excited, I mean what could possibly go wrong? But when she overhears someone's love confession and discovers what Shay has been up to while he's been on tour, her birthday is about to turn into a huge disaster. And when she has an intimate moment with someone, the night has completely gone messy, ending in Jude having her heart broken by two different guys. |
| 09 - 109 | March 20, 2005 | August 19, 2005 | "Won't Get Fooled Again" | Skin | by The Who | Jude decides to chill at home after having her heart broken by two different guys in one night, on her one special night. Sadie and her dad aren't exactly getting along, and Jude is wondering what's going on. Meanwhile, her relationship with Tommy is quickly turning ugly and just when she thinks that she has reached the maximum level of anger, she finds out what her dad did to make Sadie mad at him, something very betraying. |
| 10 - 110 | March 27, 2005 | August 26, 2005 | "Lose This Skin" | Me Out Of Me | by The Clash | Jude turns to Jamie after her parents broke up, and Jamie knows that she can't handle any more horrible surprises, so he tells her about him and Kat dating for a while now. Of course, Jude plays the supportive best friend who's happy for her two best friends finding true love. But suddenly she realizes that all this time she spent obsessing over her career, Tommy, and Shay, she wanted that boy-next-door all to herself |
| 11 - 111 | April 10, 2005 | September 9, 2005 | "All Apologies" | Pick Up the Pieces | by Nirvana | Jude is very happy that she will be performing at some big music charity do that she grew up watching as a child, but she isn't so happy when she finds out that she is singing a duet with Eden, the person she beat in the Instant Star contest and the person who stole Shay from her. Tommy insists that they forget everything that happened and move on, until a member of Boyz Attack, his nemesis, shows up...pushing a Boyz Attack reunion. This charity event will most likely not end in peace. |
| 12 - 112 | April 17, 2005 | September 16, 2005 | "Train In Vain" | That Girl | by The Clash | Jude is excited because she is almost done recording her album, but her excitement quickly simmers down when she learns that Tommy might not produce his next album. Jude figures that if she figures out a way to relaunch his solo career, he'll still want to produce her, but she must remember that she might have to make some sacrifices to push her success as well. |
| 13 - 113 | April 24, 2005 | September 23, 2005 | "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" | Temporary Insanity | by The Clash | It has been a long, adventurous ride for Jude Harrison, the first winner of the Instant Star contest. As she prepares for her summer tour, as usual, she has many problems to face. What is she supposed to do when she learns her producer is dating her sister, receives a very shocking offer from her ex-boyfriend, and a romantic ultimatum from her best friend? Is she ready to handle all of this before going on her summer tour? |
| # | Canada Airdate | US Airdate | Title | Featured Song | Titular song | Episode Info |
| 14 - 201 | June 18, 2006 | February 10, 2006 | "No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Part 1" | My Sweet Time | by Beastie Boys | Jude returns from her summer tour with her backup band Spiederman to find that G Major is being run by Darius Mills and when Jude doesn't play at a showcase the way he wants her to, tension builds. Tommy is trying to do the best he can to please Darius, so he doesn't have time to hang out with Sadie when she comes back from Europe |
| 15 - 202 | June 25, 2006 | February 17, 2006 | "No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Part 2" | Stupid Girl | by Beastie Boys | After messing up due to poor advice, Jude must grovel to keep her recording contract. Jamie soon learns that Jude can't help him keep his job as managing SME and that she has her own problems. Sadie, upset with Tommy, soon realizes that she messed up. Jamie dumps Jude and she decides to dye her hair blond. |
| 16 - 203 | August 1, 2006 | February 24, 2006 | "I Fought The Law" | Over-Rated | by The Clash | An interview with a radio shock jock leaves Jude feeling humiliated and down on herself. Unsupported by SME, Jude loses her "voice". Meeting free-spirited Patsy gives Jude a boost but at the same time gets her into some trouble. |
| 17 - 204 | August 8, 2006 | March 3, 2006 | "Miss World" | Not Standing Around | by Hole | Jude's efforts to make a second album get stalled by Darius and Liam, who demand she cough up some major money for studio time. Jude comes up with a way to make some fast cash, but unfortunately her idea creates more friction between her parents. |
| 18 - 205 | June 17, 2007 | March 10, 2006 | "Viciousness" | Fade To Black | by Lou Reed | Kat sets out to hurt Jude because she is jealous of Jude's successes and she can't seem to find her place in her best friend's life. Tommy suffers a crisis of confidence, feeling that he can't measure up to Liam, his more experienced coworker. Jude's song is set to premiere in a horror movie called Viciousness. |
| 19 - 206 | August 15, 2006 | March 17, 2006 | "The Jean Genie" | Anyone But You | by David Bowie | The stage throbs with the beat of Jude and SME rocking out on Anyone But You and there's definite onstage electricity between Jude and adorable lead guitarist, Spiederman. Spiederman wants Jude to consider the possibility of transforming their sizzling onstage chemistry into an offstage romance, but Jude is running scared. |
| 20 - 207 | August 22, 2006 | April 7, 2006 | "Stranger In The House" | Natural Disaster | by Rick Springfield | Sadie's relationship with Tommy is on the rocks because of his lies. Jude initially tries to patch things up between the two but then has second thoughts. Jude and Sadie decide to throw a party. Jamie sees another side to Liam after he starts working with Patsy in the studio. |
| 21 - 208 | August 29, 2006 | April 7, 2006 | "Personality Crisis" | Who Am I Fooling | by New York Dolls | Jude is thrilled to be nominated for a music award, but what she finds less exciting is the prospect of attending the ceremonies with Spiederman, who hasn't been the ideal boyfriend lately. So it's understandable when Jude agrees to let Mason escort her to the event. |
| 22 - 209 | May 27, 2007 | April 14, 2006 | "Hallelujah" | Liar Liar | by Leonard Cohen | Jude is determined to have a normal, non-famous, non-G-Major-drama seventeenth birthday with her friends and family – minus her former friend and producer. But fate has other plans, and Jude finds herself locked in a most unusual setting with Tommy. Will they tear each other apart – or make beautiful music together? |
| 23 - 210 | June 3, 2007 | April 21, 2006 | "Problem Child" | How I Feel | by AC/DC | Jude's never been a stellar student, but when she fails music, she's stunned. Sent to visit an elementary school to do emergency publicity damage, Jude faces down her biggest fans. But when she gives one budding songwriter some questionable advice, Jude can't help but wonder...is it possible to be both a terrible student and an awful teacher? |
| 24 - 211 | June 10, 2007 | April 28, 2006 | "Mother's Little Helper" | How Strong Do You Think I Am | by The Rolling Stones | Sadie is unhappy about Jude and Tommy working so closely together, and both of the Harrison sisters are upset with their mom's surprise decision to sell their childhood home. Jude realizes some of her money is missing and wonders if it could have been stolen. She blames her mother, not realizing it was Sadie who took it due to her jealousy of Jude and Tommy. |
| 25 - 212 | June 17, 2007 | May 5, 2006 | "When I Come Around" | White Lines | by Green Day | Jude's second album is officially finished; however, Darius isn't pleased with the results, which means that Jude and Tommy are back in the studio, where they end up rekindling their relationship. Meanwhile, Spiederman realizes something isn't right with him and Jude. |
| 26 - 213 | June 24, 2007 | May 12, 2006 | "Date With The Night" | There's Us & Another Thin Line | by Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Jude's life seems too good to be true, with a fabulous record release party in the works and a romance with Tommy a strong possibility, but then something truly terrible happens. |
| # | Canada Airdate | US Airdate | Title | Featured Song | Featured Mini | Titular song | Episode Info |
| 27 - 301 | June 26, 2007 | February 16, 2007 | "Lose Yourself" | I Don't Know If I Should Stay | If I Should Stay | by Eminem | Jude's life is changing...for the best. Her CD is skyrocketing, and she's become a real star. That is, until the new Instant Star Karma comes in and changes everything...for the worst. |
| 28 - 302 | July 8, 2007 | February 23, 2007 | "Like A Virgin" | I Will Be the Flame | I'm a Degrassi, I'm an Instant Star | by Madonna | In an interview, Karma says she's a virgin, and they automatically assume that Jude isn't. Jude and Karma begin to not get along, and Jude ends up flashing her boob to an entire 13th brithday party while performing. |
| 29 - 303 | July 15, 2007 | March 2, 2007 | "Start Me Up" | Worth Waiting For & Shooting Star | The Flame | by The Rolling Stones | Jude has to deal with the aftermath of her breast being shown to the public, just as she learns that not only will Karma be doing a cover of her song "Waste My Time" but that Tommy will be producing her album. |
| 30 - 304 | July 22, 2007 | March 9, 2007 | "Helter Skelter" | Darkness Round The Sun and Theres Us | Warrior Princess | by The Beatles | Patsy's burning out fast, and Jude's not sure she can stop her- or if Patsy even wants her to. |
| 31 - 305 | July 25, 2007 | March 16, 2007 | "Let It Be" | Darkness Round the Sun | Geometry of Love | by The Beatles | Jude usually deals with her own G Major drama, but now she's going to deal with someone else's... Someone who can't speak for herself. |
| 32 - 306 | July 29, 2007 | March 23, 2007 | "Heart of Gold" | Just the Beginning & Worth Waiting For | Instant Noir | by Neil Young | Jude is planning a major event dedicated to Patsy, who would be turning 23 if it hadn't been for her untimely death. She really needs Sadie to help, but when Jude dumps a little to much responsibility on her, Sadie drops the bomb... Sadie's sick of being the help and plans on moving to New York so she can live her own life. Meanwhile, Jamie sets his sights on signing a new act on the G-Major label. |
| 33 - 307 | August 1, 2007 | March 30, 2007 | "The Long & Winding Road" | Don't You Dare | My Best Friend's Wedding | by The Beatles | Jude and Tommy want to produce a hit record so they hit the road to find unique recording locations. As much as Tommy tries to hide it, his past comes bubbling up along with his feelings for Jude. |
| 34 - 308 | August 5, 2007 | April 6, 2007 | "18 Part 1" | Love to Burn | 8 Kilometers | by Moby | Jude's turning 18; Tommy loves her; life is good. So why won't he let her sing about him on stage at her birthday party? And who's the mysterious dude from Tommy's past that's making him flip out? Jude's 18 now, why isn't everything instantly perfect?!?! Things aren't perfect for Sadie either, and she's wondering if Kwest is the right guy for her. She might doubt it so much that she'll never find out. |
| 35 - 309 | August 12, 2007 | April 13, 2007 | "18 Part 2" | Love To Burn | Hollywood Undercover | by Moby | After performing the song about her relationship with Tommy, Jude expects everything to be fine and for Tommy to make the announcement with her. They're together! But his reaction isn't as great as she hoped. He embarrasses her in front of cameras and runs off to Sadie. Meanwhile, Jude runs to someone else for comfort. |
| 36 - 310 | August 19, 2007 | April 27, 2007 | "Nowhere To Run" | Unravelling & What You Need | What You Need | by Kiss | An MTV crew is supposed to be filming the production of Jude's new single. With Tommy producing, everything goes wrong and Jude ends up producing it herself. Also, Speed is keeping a secret from the band. |
| 37 - 311 | August 28, 2007 | May 4, 2007 | "Celebrity Skin" | The Breakdown | Hollywood Undercover 2 | by Hole | Things go bad for Jude when she wears a vest made of real animal fur. Animal rights activists protest against her so she tries to fix it but instead accidentally insults meat eaters. With all of this drama going on, everyone wants to see Jude hurt. Everyone at G Major has to work hard to protect her or else something terrible might happen. |
| 38 - 312 | September 2, 2007 | May 11, 2007 | "Sympathy For The Devil" | No Shoes, No Shirt | Tommy & Portia | by The Rolling Stones | Tommy tries to fix his life but some secrets may be holding him back. |
| 39 - 313 | September 2, 2007 | May 18, 2007 | "All I Want Is You" | Where Does it Hurt | - | by U2 | After finding out Darius and Portia's secret, the people of G Major aren't too happy... It could be the end for Jude's record label, but that really isn't her biggest worry. It turns out she isn't the owner of her own music, and even bigger than that: both Jamie and Tommy want her affections. Both of them have an offer Jude can't refuse, but which one will she accept? |
